Ralph Lauren quietly shuttered its two-year-old 20,000-square-foot store last week. Other brands are expected to close boutiques in a city that has lost its luster for cash-rich mainland Chinese tourists.

TAKING LIBERTY: Hip Parisian concept store Merci will host a cocktail party on Thursday to introduce its home and clothing collection designed with London’s Liberty department store. The line, featuring the boutique’s signature retro-inspired floral prints, will be available for three weeks at Merci and Liberty. Prices for the colorful, flirty and fun collection range from 35 euros, or $48 at current exchange, for a bracelet to 2,750 euros, or $3,752, for a floral couch.

Merci 111 Boulevard Beaumarchais, 75003 Tel.: +33-1-42-77-00-33

— Ruby Ward

PIERONI BOWS: Italian designer Patrizia Pieroni will fete the opening of her first shop in Paris this Thursday. There, from 3 to 9 p.m., she is to present her upscale ready-to-wear line for spring. Patrizia Pieroni 24 Rue de Poitou, 75003

— Philippa Brangam

REPETTO REDUX: Wishing for access to Repetto’s exclusive shoes without having to elbow through crowds of ballerinas? Maison Clarté has installed an exclusive Repetto showroom in its Marais boutique offering just that. The elegant space, designed by Philippe Virly, boasts select Repetto models for men and for women, including limited editions like the zip-front ballerina and the studded Jackson Jazz shoe. All of the store’s antique furniture and mirrors are also for sale.

Maison Clarté 8 Rue Charlot, 75003 Tel.: +33-1-42-72-49-70

— P.B.

PARIS BLITZ: What’s the link between tequila, drag queens and yodeling? All three can be found at the Blitz Bar, a temporary nightspot nestled in the former digs of Black Calavados (BC). Order a bottle of Blitz tequila and settle into one of the comfy black leather sofas or knock back a margarita at the bar to a soundtrack ranging from Grace Jones to Eighties German pop. On Thursday nights, waiters are dressed in lederhosen and joined by cross-dressing hostess Mademoiselle Blitz. Blitz Bar 40 Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, 75008 Tel.: +33-1-47-20-77-77 — Joelle Diderich

LUXURY TREATMENT: L.Raphael has brought a host of new treatments for the face, body and scalp to Paris’ Four Seasons George V. The Swiss beauty brand uses a newfangled technique that treats skin with a mix of high-pressure oxygen and its own skin care formula. The combination allows the concentrated formula’s active ingredients to enter skin at a more profound level than most other treatments, thereby giving a peeling effect and strong antiage benefits. The Oxy-Peel Anti-Age treatment, which lasts 50 minutes to the tune of 625 euros, or $845, involves two rounds of oxygen plus a massage and masks, among other steps. Eye and anticellulite treatments are also available (with each lasting 50 minutes for 500 euros, or $676).

NEW DIGS: Siki de Somalie has moved from her Palais Royal address to a quaint, elegant atelier on Rue Jacob. There, she displays and sells her limited edition Baroque jewelry — including bracelets with semiprecious stones — earthenware objects and furniture.

In the heart of the 18th arrondissement, Philippe Maidenberg designed the quirkily decorated and comfortable 44–room Hôtel Joyce. It boasts a glass-roofed breakfast room equipped with Fifties furniture and airplane-style seats. Hôtel Joyce offers organic breakfast and bath products from the N-Ki brand. Rooms run from 160 euros, or $217, for a single room to 380 euros, or $514, for a suite.

At four-star Hôtel Le Secret de Paris, also in the 18th arrondissement, each of the 29 rooms features a symbolic Parisian monument, such as the Moulin Rouge and the Opéra Garnier. Rooms start at 215 euros, or $290.

Just opened is Notre Dame Saint Michel, decorated by Christian Lacroix and located across from Notre Dame in a 17th-century building. The hotel offers 26 charming rooms and breathtaking views, with prices starting at 149 euros, or $202.

On Avenue de l’Opéra, an array of candies and homemade sweets are available at La Cure Gourmande. Old-fashioned southern French-style lollipops, caramels, calissons, nougats, biscuits and chocolates are displayed in the colorful store and sold individually or in gift boxes.

Meanwhile, macaroon king Pierre Hermé has opened a store in the posh 16th arrondissement. For his new address, Hermé created two new macaroon flavors: green tea and sesame, and lemon and praline. Hugo & Victor 40 Boulevard Raspail, 75007 Tel.: +33-1-44-39-97-73

La Cure Gourmande 49 Avenue de l’Opéra, 75002 Tel.: +33-1-40-06-02-47

Pierre Hermé 58 Avenue Paul-Doumer, 75016 Tel.: +33-1-43-54-47-77

— C.G.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Top chef Michel Del Burgo (formerly of Taillevant) is back on the Paris restaurant scene heading up the kitchen of Chez La Vieille, a cozy bistro in the 1st arrondissement. It serves delicious French bourgeois-style cuisine, like flavorful mushroom ravioli, refined rabbit terrine and rice pudding. Dinner for two without wine runs around 120 euros, or $160 at current exchange.

In a modern atmosphere with high ceilings, large green plants and comfortable banquets is La Villa, a trendy new restaurant near the Champs-Elysées. Its menu includes treats like grilled sea scallops served with truffle mashed potatoes or codfish in a tasty broth. Dinner for two without wine cost around 140 euros, or $190.

HOT FOR TOTS: For all things child-related, visit the newly opened Bonton megastore. Valérie Mazaret designed the bright, 8,900-square-foot streamlined loftlike space. In Bonton’s basement are furniture and interiors departments, plus a reading corner, silent movie area and retro photo booth for old-fashioned snaps. On the ground floor, find a hair salon and a cafe serving treats including mini cupcakes. The second floor has children’s clothing, including a section for newborns offering baby massage classes. Bonton and hip Parisian concept store Merci were both founded by Bernard and Marie-France Cohen.

ART BEAT: There’s no shortage of exhibitions during Paris Fashion Week. • L’Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton is showing “Chile, Behind the Scenes,” which explores how native Chilean artists have over time portrayed their political and cultural heritage through photos, paintings and video installations.

• The Jeu de Paume presents American photographer Lisette Model’s work, while on the other side of the river, there’s a large collection of French photographer Robert Doisneau’s pictures on display at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson.

• Le Pinacothèque’s “L’Anti-Cri” exhibition on Edward Munch shows the artist’s work beyond his famous “Scream.” Meanwhile, for the first time, Icelandic artist Erró’s disturbingly comical collages are at the Centre Pompidou.

• An exhibition on British painter J.M.W. Turner is featured at the Grand Palais. Another Brit, Damien Hirst, is among artists showing in the Musée Maillol’s “Vanities” exhibit on man’s obsession and fascination with death. It’s possible to see a wide range of last century’s art through three new shows at the Musée d’Art Moderne. There are the turn-of-the-20th-century realist portraits by Charley Toorop; Jan Dibbet’s landscapes from the Sixties and Seventies, and video art by 80-year-old Elaine Sturtevant.

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